Carl Pavano pitched six innings of one-run ball, Jason Kubel homered and the Minnesota Twins opened Target Field by defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-2 today before a sellout crowd of 39,715.

Matt Guerrier worked out of a late-inning jam by getting the team's first double play of the game in the eighth, and Jon Rauch converted his fifth save in as many chances this season for the Twins.

This was the first time in franchise history that Minnesota won a stadium opener. When the Twins opened Metropolitan Stadium in 1961, they fell to the Washington Senators 5-3. In 1982, they opened the Metrodome by losing to the Seattle Mariners 11-7.